Environment committee  Thank you. Minister, you mentioned that you had talked with Mr. de Boer, I believe in Montreal last week. Could you share a little bit more about what was discussed with him regarding Canada's plan?

Environment committee  Can you read the quote for us?

Environment committee  Minister, when we had numerous witnesses at the committee, it was a question that was often asked. We were clearly told that if it was very stringent and intensity based, we would have reductions of greenhouse gases. But if it's very loosely intensity based, it would have the opp

Environment committee  They're absolute. Minister, one of my favourite quotes is from Mr. David Suzuki, who is someone I respect. His foundation did a study. There was a report, called “The Air We Breathe”, and he had a very important introduction. It says: There is strong evidence that air poll

Environment committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Minister, for being here, and the people from the department. There were some questions about the premiers. I have a quote I'd like to read here from Premier Doer when he was interviewed on the environment and the funding from the previous Liberal

Environment committee  Minister, you're saying that emissions didn't go down under the previous Liberal government; they went up and up. In spite of spending billions of dollars, greenhouse gases continued to rise, and their so-called plan did nothing.

Environment committee  Minister, you talked about the targets that were used by the previous Liberal government in their so-called green plan. What were they based on? They were voluntary, but could you elaborate? Our targets are intensity based, with absolute reductions.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, that is from the member who said that the Liberal Party did not get it done. The facts are that Canada is working in collaboration with all international partners to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and will be bringing to the G-8 a plan that provides a 20% reduction

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member mentioned the baseline of 2006. If our plan had been introduced and we had been in government 10 years ago, we would have reached the Kyoto target. The fact is that 13 years of the Liberals' inaction created an environmental mess. That member himsel

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I grin when I hear the rhetoric from the member. Maybe he did not notice what was happening. He was busy ordering a cake for the end of Bill C-30 and meeting with his media buddies. Maybe he should have paid more attention. Maybe he should have paid attention to the

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with my colleague from Fort McMurray—Athabasca, a member who has served on the Bill C-30 legislative committee and one of many Conservatives who is working hard for a cleaner environment. I also want to thank the minister who, I believe,

Business of Supply  He is still at it, I can hear him. On December 5, Parliament referred Bill C-30 to a legislative committee of the House of Commons for review. As we all know, Canada's Conservative government worked in good faith in committee on Bill C-30 to try to improve the clean air act. I

Business of Supply  That was the member for Halton, a Liberal member. Even when the Liberals were in government, it was easy for them to offer whatever people wanted but they had no intention of ever delivering. Now that the Liberals are no longer in government, it is clearly easier for them to t

Environment committee  So we are world leaders in moving in this direction. Thank you.

Environment committee  Of course, I have my heckling section working well over there. Chair, there were comments made about Bill C-288, so I have to make a comment on it too. During the hearing of witnesses on Bill C-288, every one of those I asked whether we can meet the Kyoto targets domestically wi